Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—At 8,17 in the evening of Christmas Day, 1948, the Southend coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Princess Margaret had reported to Portpatrick Radio that a vessel was aground on Sanda Island, and the motor life-boat City of Glasgow left her moor- ings at 8.41, in a strong south-easterly wind and a rough sea. She found a freighter, the S.S. Alcyone Fortune, of London, with a crew of forty-three, aground in a dangerous position on the east side of Sheep Island, off the Mull of Kintyre. Her captain asked the life-boat to stand by, and a passing tug, the Metinda III, also stood by. At 7.30 the following morning a second tug, the Metinda II, arrived, and the Alcyone Fortune made two attempts to get off under her own power. She failed, and the life-boat put a salvage officer aboard. She then passed a line across and the tug Metinda III began towing, but she was carried away by the tide and the line parted. No further at- tempt was possible that day, so the tugs went to Campbeltown for the night. The weather was getting worse and the life-boat remained with the steamer for the rest of that day and through the night. Early the next morning, the tugs returned and made another attempt at high water, but again failed. The captain then decided to abandon ship, and the life-boat went alongside and rescued her crew of 43, and two Arab stowaways. She took them to Campbeltown, arriving at 12.45 in the afternoon of the 27th of December, after having been at sea continuously for forty hours. The captain expressed his appreciation of "the skill and endurance of the cox- swain and crew." The owners, the Alcyone Shipping Finance Company, Ltd., gave £75 to the Institution, Metal Industries, Ltd., gave £25, and the Salvage Association gave £75 to the coxswain and crew.—Rewards, £95 17*. 6d..